diff --git a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs
index cd3ba8cc88f4..ba4964e28dcf 100644
--- a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs
+++ b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs
@@ -3378,7 +3378,7 @@
       </info>
       <prop oor:name="DefaultBullets" oor:type="oor:string-list" oor:nillable="false">
         <info>
-          <desc>List of default bullets</desc>
+          <desc>List of default bullets in bullet library</desc>
         </info>
         <value>
           <it>●</it>
@@ -3393,7 +3393,7 @@
       </prop>
       <prop oor:name="DefaultBulletsFonts" oor:type="oor:string-list" oor:nillable="false">
         <info>
-          <desc>List of default bullet fonts. Matching font for `DefaultBullets`.</desc>
+          <desc>List of default bullet fonts in bullet library. Matching font for `DefaultBullets`.</desc>
         </info>
         <value>
           <it>OpenSymbol</it>
@@ -3406,6 +3406,26 @@
           <it>OpenSymbol</it>
         </value>
       </prop>
+      <prop oor:name="DefaultListBullets" oor:type="oor:string-list" oor:nillable="false">
+        <info>
+          <desc>List of default bullets in unordered list</desc>
+        </info>
+        <value>
+          <it>•</it>
+          <it>◦</it>
+          <it>▪</it>
+        </value>
+      </prop>
+      <prop oor:name="DefaultListBulletsFonts" oor:type="oor:string-list" oor:nillable="false">
+        <info>
+          <desc>List of default bullet fonts in unordered list. Matching font for `DefaultListBullets`.</desc>
+        </info>
+        <value>
+          <it>OpenSymbol</it>
+          <it>OpenSymbol</it>
+          <it>OpenSymbol</it>
+        </value>
+      </prop>
     </group>
     <group oor:name="Help">
       <info>
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
index ea695848b948..992930f8c1a7 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
@@ -1707,13 +1707,21 @@ void SwWrtShell::NumOrBulletOn(bool bNum)
             if (! bNum)
             {
                 uno::Sequence<OUString> aBulletSymbols(
-                    officecfg::Office::Common::BulletsNumbering::DefaultBullets::get());
+                    officecfg::Office::Common::BulletsNumbering::DefaultListBullets::get());
                 uno::Sequence<OUString> aBulletSymbolsFonts(
-                    officecfg::Office::Common::BulletsNumbering::DefaultBulletsFonts::get());
-                sal_Int32 nBulletSymbolIndex = nLvl < aBulletSymbols.getLength() ? nLvl : 0;
+                    officecfg::Office::Common::BulletsNumbering::DefaultListBulletsFonts::get());
+                if (!aBulletSymbols.hasElements())
+                {
+                    // Add a single element even if user cleared the list in the config
+                    aBulletSymbols.realloc(1);
+                    aBulletSymbols.getArray()[0] = u"•"_ustr;
+                    aBulletSymbolsFonts.realloc(1);
+                    aBulletSymbolsFonts.getArray()[0] = "OpenSymbol";
+                }
+                sal_Int32 nBulletSymbolIndex = nLvl % aBulletSymbols.getLength();
                 aFormat.SetBulletChar(aBulletSymbols[nBulletSymbolIndex].toChar());
                 vcl::Font aFont;
-                sal_Int32 nBulletSymbolsFontIndex = nLvl < aBulletSymbolsFonts.getLength() ? nLvl : 0;
+                sal_Int32 nBulletSymbolsFontIndex = nLvl % aBulletSymbolsFonts.getLength();
                 aFont.SetFamilyName(aBulletSymbolsFonts[nBulletSymbolsFontIndex]);
                 aFormat.SetBulletFont(&aFont);
                 aFormat.SetNumberingType(SVX_NUM_CHAR_SPECIAL);